Daily Prelims Notes 3 June 2022 Table Of Contents Under recovery Capital Intensity Barcodes vs Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags Ribbon weed: largest plant in the world Santoor maestro Pandit Bhajan Sopori passes away Service Charge Norms Rising sea level- a threat to coastal areas 1. Under recovery Context : With fuel prices […]
Rising sea level- a threat to coastal areas Subject: Environment Section: Climate Change Context: An increase in sea level as a result of global warming, according to data, poses athreat to millions of coastal dwellers across the world. States such as Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal have been witnessing rapid coastal erosion […]
Service Charge Norms Subject :Polity Section :Governance In a bid to protect consumer interest, the Department of Consumer Affairs on Thursday said that it will bring out a “robust framework” to ensure compliance with norms relating to the service charge levied by hotels and restaurants. This issue regarding service charge included “compulsory” levy […]
Santoor maestro Pandit Bhajan Sopori passes away Sopori’s death comes just weeks after santoor virtuoso Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, who also belonged to Kashmir and took the stringed instrument to the classical music stage, died on May 10. The musician-composer belonged to north Kashmir’s Sopore district and came from the ‘Sufiana Gharana’. Indian […]
Ribbon weed: largest plant in the world Subject: Environment Section: Biodiversity The world’s largest plant has recently been discovered off the West Coast of Australia: a seagrass 180 km in length. The plant is called the ribbon weed, or Posidonia australis. The plant is 4,500 years old, is sterile, has double the number […]
Barcodes vs Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags Subject: Science and Technology Section: Computers Baggage tags equipped with radio-frequency identification will soon be available at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is a technology that uses radio waves to automatically identify various tagged objects. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is […]